Hey Archie if I have a bye any where around weeks 5-7 can I get my home game vs USF in there. Also if I dont have a user game week 1 can I get my game against my easy opponent there. Im thinking about changing somethings on offense and defense this year and need to try them out.

DOH!!!!! The #2 guy in the country is a studly QB that's interested in Michigan, but he's too damned slow to play for me. Drat!!!

Could be fun watching Florida (if they don't mind someone that slow), Oklahoma (if they don't mind getting overloaded with studly QBs), Notre Dame (whom I'm assuming is possibly creaming his pants a little bit thinking about this guy), Florida State and Ohio State battling for this guy.

Not a real good year for OSU when it comes to bonus recruits, not that I get these guys anyway.

I think I'll make a run at the QB at number 2, and a bunch of the four star guys want to be Buckeyes, but I had a much better look at last year's guys. Oh, well - just gonna hafta learn how to recruit.

Yeah I had a hard time deciding who I wanted to go after for my five star. I really want to go at the #3 WR but I already have 7 receivers who are over 90 OVR and only one of them is a senior.

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I'm in the same boat! I really want a HB or a WR 5*, but I think I have 8 or 9 WRs and 6 HBs, none of whom graduate next year. :elephant:

Archie Griffin;69023 said:

Oh, well - just gonna hafta learn how to recruit.

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Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll help you out AG. Here is the key to signing good recruits:

Right click on a recruit that you're interested in

Look at the yellow names on his list

If any of the yellow names says "Michigan", then don't go after that guy

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Profit!

This goes for any of you and trust me, it'll work like a dream! If all of you would just take a look at your target lists and remove anyone that's interested in Michigan, I'd greatly appreciate it and you'll end up thanking me in the end.

As predicted, the broken progression really did cause our rosters to get out of control. Most of us have 10+ players rated over 90. Florida's roster is absurd. In 2 years, all 4 of my starting LB's may be 99's, and in 3 years they certainly will.

A lot of good looking 5*'s interested in ND. Not a ton of interest from the bonus guys, pretty much the same as last year where some are interested but I'm toward the bottom of their top 10 with several users ahead of me. I'm hoping to get more than 2.

QB is a need for us. You better believe QB #1 is going to hear from ND, a lot. I just hope UF and OU don't want him.

All the TE's say "blocking" again, but there seems to be a bit more speed at the position. That 5* FB seems to have JMill or Shaun's name written all over him.

It's sooooo hard to decide on who to go after...I don't think I'll be going after the studly QB's considering I have Jordan Thomas from my first class. That one dude has B+ THP and THA and has Florida #2...Look out.

I think I have one bonus guy that is a lock to be a Sooner but other than that, not a whole lot. I have a sophomore Guard who is a 95OVR. Holy crap. The only problem, well, one of the problems with our guys progressing so quickly is the chance to lose them early to the NFL. I have to totally consider all guys over 90 could go on to the League next season. Kind of makes my recruiting choices more interesting.

As predicted, the broken progression really did cause our rosters to get out of control. Most of us have 10+ players rated over 90. Florida's roster is absurd. In 2 years, all 4 of my starting LB's may be 99's, and in 3 years they certainly will.

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While I had a bunch of guys progress a lot (had a G go from 82 -> 92) my offensive skills guys didn't progress for shit! My defensive guys averaged +5.2 with a fair number of +7 and above, while my offensive skills guys only averaged +2.9.

POS

Before

After

Change

QB1

84

85

1*

HB1

88

92

2

HB2

84

86

2

HB3

82

86

4

HB4

80

83

3

WR1

88

91

3

WR2

88

92

4

WR3

85

89

4

WR4

83

86

3

WR5

82

85

3

WR6

80

83

3

*Are you muthafuggin' kiddin' me?!?!?!?!

I'm wondering if this is because Forcier was hurt for 1/2 of the season and because I spread the ball around a lot on offense. When I compare those numbers to my defense it just makes me wanna cry.

POS

Change

DE

6

DE

6

DT

5

DT

5

DT

5

OLB

6

OLB

5

OLB

7

OLB

5

OLB

7

OLB

4

MLB

5

CB

7

CB

7

CB

5

CB

5

FS

3

FS

4

FS

2

SS

5

SS

8

Did anyone else see their progression like mine where they progressed much, much more on one side of the ball than the other? My defensive guys averaged more than +5 while I didn't have a single offensive skills guys (a lot of whom played significant minutes last year) that was +5 or better!

I saw a range of progression from +1 to +7. Unfortunately, my anticipated starting HB Robert Hughes was +1. My #2 guy, rsSO Jonas Gray was +5 (he's a big back similar to Hughes) putting him even or 1 OVR higher than Hughes. Further complicating matters, my speed guy, rsFR Cierre Wood, was +6. So now I've got a bit of a dilemma in the backfield. I'm thinking my depth chart week 1 will be 1. Gray, 2. Wood, 3. Hughes. Didn't expect that, I thought Hughes would be in the 90's.

All 3 TE's were +3 (a little disappointing). Michael Floyd was +6 and is now 98 OVR as a true junior (as he should be). The O Line progressed nicely, 4-5 for each of them I think. I'm paper thin at OL though.

On D, nothing major to note. Ian Williams (DT) was +7, making him a 96 OVR for his senior season. LB Steve Filer was also +7, putting him in the low 90's as a rsSO. Have I mentioned my LB's are going to be amazing in another year?

Im in the same boat as Shaun. I lost Dwyer who was a beast at FB for the triple option. His backup was lucky to average 2 yards a carry. Could be a long season. May have to rethink our gameplan once Nesbitt leaves

I foresee all fleXbox One teams having issues when they progress. Most of them have the kind of FBs that you need for that kind of offense, but there are never any FBs that you can recruit that are of the caliber/type that you need.

I foresee all fleXbox One teams having issues when they progress. Most of them have the kind of FBs that you need for that kind of offense, but there are never any FBs that you can recruit that are of the caliber/type that you need.

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For a fleXbox One, I see no reason why you can't recruit a power back and move him there. The problem is that guys can end up taking a big ratings hit when you do that. I thought about moving by HB Hughes there (he's 238 pounds, and got moved there in real life this year), but he would have gone from 87 to like 65.